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FREE VERSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does free verse mean? 

FREE VERSE (noun)
  The noun FREE VERSE has 1 sense:

1. unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical patternplay

  Familiarity information: FREE VERSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FREE VERSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

free verse; vers libre

Hypernyms ("free verse" is a kind of...):

poem; verse form (a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines)


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